hi look on the first page of the cmos setup for an option that says: stop on .... it probably says "any error" for sure if it says that, it will stop with no keyboard attached and never boot. fa la dave -- Dave Mallery, K5EN (debian testing & woody) PO Box 520 .~. _ Ramah, NM 87321 /V\ -o) no gates... /( )\ /\\ running Debian GNU/Linux no windows! ^^^^^ _\_v free at last!